Court No. - 70
Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 29499 of 2019 Applicant :- Abhishek Rai And 2 Others Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. And Another Counsel for Applicant :- Sanjeev Kumar Rai Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.
Hon'ble Sanjay Kumar Singh,J.
Sri Rahul Srivastava, Advocate, has filed his vakalatnama on behalf of opposite party no.2, is taken on record.
Heard learned counsel for the applicants, learned Additional Government Advocate for the State/opposite party no.1 and Sri Rahul Srivastava, learned counsel for the opposite party no.2 and perused the record with the assistance of learned counsel for the parties.
This application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. has been filed by the applicants with a prayer to quash the entire proceedings of Criminal Case No.2910 of 2019 (State vs. Abhishek Rai) arising out of Case Crime No.265 of 2018, under Sections 498A, 323, 504, 506, 406, 420, 116, 326-B I.P.C. & Section 3/4 Dowry Prohibition Act, Police Station Kasaya, District -Kushinagar, pending in the court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kushi Nagar.
The learned counsel for the applicants after advancing his arguments at some length, gave up his challenge to the criminal proceedings against the applicants and requested to grant some protection, so that applicants may surrender before the court below. The learned counsel for the applicants further stated at the Bar that he is not pressing any other prayer made in this application and prayed that a direction be issued to the courts below to consider and decide the bail application of the applicants expeditiously in accordance with law.
Considering the prayer made by the learned counsel for the applicants, it is directed that in case applicants appear before the concerned court below within 60 days from today and applies for bail, the bail application of the applicants shall be heard and disposed of expeditiously by the courts below in accordance with settled law laid down by the Seven Judges' decision of this Court in the case of Amrawati and another Vs. State of U.P. reported in 2005 Criminal Law Journal 755 as well as judgement passed by Hon'ble Apex Court in (2009) 4 Supreme Court Cases, 437 Lal Kamlendra Pratap Singh Vs. State of U.P.
For the period of 60 days from today, no coercive action shall be taken against the applicants.
With the above observations, this application under section 482 Cr.P.C. is disposed of.
Order Date :- 30.7.2019/SKD